>I read somewhere recently (though I can’t remember where) that up to forty percent of your household electricity usage can be accredited to things that aren’t even turned on…you know, all those little blinky lights and clocks on your electronics that you don’t even notice. With that said, imagine how much electricity consumption we wouldContinue reading “>Unplugged Earth”
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Things That Can Be Carried On A Bike (#4)
Two Full-Size Poster FramesA Gym Bag Full of ClothesA New Pooper ScooperA Wooden Box$21.17 Worth of GroceriesA Cable Lock, a U-Lock, a PumpMiscellaneous Tools
>Things That Can Be Carried On A Bike (#4)
>Two Full-Size Poster FramesA Gym Bag Full of ClothesA New Pooper ScooperA Wooden Box$21.17 Worth of GroceriesA Cable Lock, a U-Lock, a PumpMiscellaneous Tools
Things That Can Be Carried On A Bike (#3)
A thirteen year old kidA book bag containing thirty pounds of booksA laptop computer (hidden under the book bag)A loaf of freshly made multi-grain breadThe driver…of course (not in the picture because I’m taking it)
>Things That Can Be Carried On A Bike (#3)
>A thirteen year old kidA book bag containing thirty pounds of booksA laptop computer (hidden under the book bag)A loaf of freshly made multi-grain breadThe driver…of course (not in the picture because I’m taking it)
Mini-Cargo Bike
I rode my Dahon today for the first time in a few months…it felt good. It was such an odd feeling after riding “the Mule” and the Yuba all winter. The Dahon, with it’s short wheel base and 20″ wheels, feels almost like a sports car (was I going thorough a mid-life crises when IContinue reading “Mini-Cargo Bike”
>Mini-Cargo Bike
>I rode my Dahon today for the first time in a few months…it felt good. It was such an odd feeling after riding “the Mule” and the Yuba all winter. The Dahon, with it’s short wheel base and 20″ wheels, feels almost like a sports car (was I going thorough a mid-life crises when IContinue reading “>Mini-Cargo Bike”
First Day of Spring
It is the first day of Spring today…and that’s what I was thinking about as I rode my Yuba home from work today (it has been a long cold winter). As I approached my house the little dot of yellow in this photo literally stopped me in my tracks. It’s in the front yard ofContinue reading “First Day of Spring”
>First Day of Spring
>It is the first day of Spring today…and that’s what I was thinking about as I rode my Yuba home from work today (it has been a long cold winter). As I approached my house the little dot of yellow in this photo literally stopped me in my tracks. It’s in the front yard ofContinue reading “>First Day of Spring”
Put It In A Pot And Boil It
Soup to me is the ultimate one-pot meal…simplicity at its best. It’s a method that has been used to cook foods for eons…since we humans first figured out how to cook food in a leak-proof/fire-proof vessel over a live fire (some of the earliest vessels were dried hollowed-out gourds, and even dried animal’s stomachs). InContinue reading “Put It In A Pot And Boil It”
>Put It In A Pot And Boil It
>Soup to me is the ultimate one-pot meal…simplicity at its best. It’s a method that has been used to cook foods for eons…since we humans first figured out how to cook food in a leak-proof/fire-proof vessel over a live fire (some of the earliest vessels were dried hollowed-out gourds, and even dried animal’s stomachs). InContinue reading “>Put It In A Pot And Boil It”
Things That Can Be Carried On A Bike (# 2)
$162.65 worth of groceries (with the help from my BicycleR Evolution Trailer)
>Things That Can Be Carried On A Bike (# 2)
>$162.65 worth of groceries (with the help from my BicycleR Evolution Trailer)
Pasta Fra Diavolo (variation)
Pasta Fra Diavolo is one of my all-time favorite pasta dishes…probably because I love any type of pasta with tomato and seafood. The name, fra diavolo, translates from Italian as “brother devil.” There are numerous theories on it’s origin, but the two most common are that it was named after an Italian monk who “wentContinue reading “Pasta Fra Diavolo (variation)”
>Pasta Fra Diavolo (variation)
>Pasta Fra Diavolo is one of my all-time favorite pasta dishes…probably because I love any type of pasta with tomato and seafood. The name, fra diavolo, translates from Italian as “brother devil.” There are numerous theories on it’s origin, but the two most common are that it was named after an Italian monk who “wentContinue reading “>Pasta Fra Diavolo (variation)”
Things That Can Be Carried On A Bike
A thirteen year old kidAn electric guitarA backpack containing more than 20 pounds of booksA plastic box with groceries for dinnerA canvas shoulder bag containing, among other things, a laptopAn adult rider Difficulty: MinimalFrame-sway: NoneMPG: ZeroTime spent with my son: Priceless
>Things That Can Be Carried On A Bike
>A thirteen year old kidAn electric guitarA backpack containing more than 20 pounds of booksA plastic box with groceries for dinnerA canvas shoulder bag containing, among other things, a laptopAn adult rider Difficulty: MinimalFrame-sway: NoneMPG: ZeroTime spent with my son: Priceless
The Awsomeness of Utility Bikes
It’s been relatively pleasant in Buffalo lately…by that I mean not much snow, though it has been bitterly cold for the past week again. Anyhow, it was a brilliantly sunny day and I rode my Yuba Mundo to work, and then rode my teenage son home on it…cutting the walk time down by at leastContinue reading “The Awsomeness of Utility Bikes”
>The Awsomeness of Utility Bikes
>It’s been relatively pleasant in Buffalo lately…by that I mean not much snow, though it has been bitterly cold for the past week again. Anyhow, it was a brilliantly sunny day and I rode my Yuba Mundo to work, and then rode my teenage son home on it…cutting the walk time down by at leastContinue reading “>The Awsomeness of Utility Bikes”
Friday Night Fish Fry
Some readers of this blog may already know that I cook professionally; I’m the chef of a private women’s club. Normally, I don’t present photos or recipes from my work life on this blog because this is about my (sometimes inept) attempts of simplicity in my personal life; but like many people, my work andContinue reading “Friday Night Fish Fry”
Urban Simplicty 